Did you see it?

Did anyone else sit through the first two hours of 2008's American Idol?

I did.

In the second hour, I was horrified.

First, there was a guy, dressed in Leia's bikini. It was repulsive.

He waltzed into the audition room with a cloak on. When he opened the cloak, he revealed the bikini which perfectly framed his burly chest of hair.

Paula told him to go get his chest waxed and come back. If he did, they would let him audition.

To the judges horror, he did.

Seeing this person without the hair was just as repulsive and an insult to the very thing that is Star Wars fandom.

I mean... hasn't this guy seen the part of SW Legos where the Troopers are grooving out to the Imperial March?

That, I could have understood and, honestly, would have been pretty funny but, a burly guy in a Leia costume? It was a slap in the face to the SW Universe as we know it.

Then, a few contestants later, here comes Goth Leia.

Goth Leia?

Yeah.

She had Leia hair and that's about where the similarities between the two stopped.

She had on these black boots (which, were pretty nice), fish net stockings, shorts & a top with a belt which had a Star Wars buckle on it (and I was thinking - "I need to get me one of those").

She wasn't near as repulsive as the Burly Leia thank the Maker!

When she didn't get selected, she went off about how much of a dweeb and geek she is and my room mate, the lovely DPM (who posted a beautiful blog himself yesterday... ), looked at me and said "are we like that?".

Absolutely not.

Obviously, it was a total stress release from a grueling audition process.

However, all I could think of while watching that man's hair get waxed off was "Jabba's Hut of Wax and Horrors".

So, did you see it? What are your thoughts on this?

Mine? Well, freak show is the best way I could describe it.... and not only because of these two contestants. The SW contestants certainly didn't represent anyone that I know here in our community but, at least they had the guts to audition.

After watching last night, it certainly didn't make me want to tune in to Fox tonight for another two hours of Jabba's Hut of Wax & Horrors.... opps, I mean American Idol.

xoxo

Have a great day everyone!